It’s the summer of 415 BC and the Athenians (in the middle of a devastating war with Sparta) are debating whether to launch a naval expedition against colonies in Sicily. General Nicias says “no”, but here comes wonder boy Alcibiades who makes the assembly swoon, what with his silver tongue, chariot laurels, wavy hair, and chiseled abs, and it’s off to Sicily we go. But wait! On the night before departure somebody mutilates a bunch of herms in the city and maybe even performs a drunken satire of sacred mysteries! Questions invite questions: was it Alcibiades? If so, does he deserve the death penalty? Why would you want one of those scurrilous statues on your street corner? And don’t miss the following defections, deflections, and rejections. Pull up a chair, check your emergency umlaut supply, and crack open a case of Löwenbräu. You can’t make this stuff up.
A Night to Dismember: The Tragedy of Nisus and Euryalus in Aeneid IX, Part 1 (Ad Navseam, Episode 110)
Signed, Shield, Delivered: Aeneas becomes Achilles in Aeneid Book VIII, Part 2 (Ad Navseam, Episode 109)
Et in Arcadia Ego? Evander and Cacus in Vergil’s Aeneid Book VIII, Part 1 (Ad Navseam, Episode 108)
The Census of Quirinius in the Gospel of Luke, Chapter 2 (Ad Navseam, Episode 107)
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Faces: Janus and Camilla in Aeneid Book VII, Part 3 (Ad Navseam, Episode 106)
The Fury’s Still Out on this One: Allecto in Aeneid Book VII, Part 2 (Ad Navseam, Episode 105)
William Morrell and Epic Poetry in Colonial New England (Ad Navseam, Episode 104)
Eye of the Tiber: Aeneid Book VII, Part 1 (Ad Navseam, Episode 103)
Dis is where it Ends: Aeneid Book VI, Part 4 (Ad Navseam, Episode 102)
If Dis is It, Please Let me Know: Aeneid Book VI, Part 3 (Ad Navseam, Episode 101)
Gouda Nuff for Now: The Cheesy Clip Show (Ad Navseam, Episode 100)
The Palladium (Gvrgle 5)
Memorizing Latin: The Why and Some What, Part 2 (Gvrgle 4)
Dis is the Place: Aeneid Book VI, Part 2 (Ad Navseam, Episode 99)
Use Your Allusion I: Classics in Pop Music (Ad Navseam, Episode 98)
Bough Wow: Vergil’s Aeneid Book VI, Part 1 (Ad Navseam, Episode 97)
Royal Boxing Day: Vergil’s Aeneid Book V, Part 2 (Ad Navseam, Episode 96)
Regatta Love It: Vergil’s Aeneid Book V, Part 1 (Ad Navseam, Episode 95)
The Renaissance Idea of the Dignity of Man (Ad Navseam, Episode 94)
Come on Baby Light My Pyre: Vergil’s Aeneid Book IV, Part 4 (Ad Navseam, Episode 93)
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